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President Donald Trump was caught mocking Speaker Mike Johnson, claiming not only to be the president but also to control Johnson so thoroughly that he is, in effect, the speaker as well. This has prompted renewed questions about who is actually running the government.

Writing in The New Republic on Monday, Edith Olmsted argued that Johnson is taking "playing dumb to a whole new level." Johnson holds daily news conferences about the government shutdown, and during Monday's event, he insisted that it’s not just Republicans who control the government. Since the GOP controls the House, Senate, and White House, the claim raised eyebrows.

A self-described anarchist tried to pay $45,000 to have a hit man kill Attorney General Pam Bondi, according to authorities.

Tyler Avalos, 29, of Minnesota, shared the threat on TikTok and said he wanted Bondi "dead or alive," but "preferably dead," NBC News reported, citing an FBI affidavit.

Former Republican Party operative Richard Porter outlined Monday what he called Senate Democrats’ “breathtaking” strategy to bait Republicans amid the ongoing government shutdown, a plan he suggested could both end the shutdown and hand Democrats a long-sought victory on eliminating a key Senate procedure.

“You think that the Democrats have laid a trap for Republicans, essentially, and want [them] to do the Democrats' dirty work?” asked Tom Bevan, co-founder and president of RealClearPolitics, speaking with Porter on the polling aggregator’s podcast.

There's one government agency that the Washington Post says can push back on President Donald Trump, but they don't have long to do it.

Writing Monday, the Post explained that the Government Accountability Office has an appointee whose term expires in two months.

The teetering campaign of Maine oysterman Graham Platner to be the Democratic Party’s nominee to oppose Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) should she run for re-election in 2026 suffered another blow over the weekend.

According to a report from Axios’ Holly Otterbein on Monday, Kevin Brown, who took the place of departed former political director Genevieve McDonald on the Platner campaign, is bowing out after taking the job last Tuesday.

The co-hosts of "The View" are growing increasingly worried about President Donald Trump's pledge to run for a third term. Trump ally Steve Bannon said he and others are working on a plan to sidestep the 22nd Amendment and ensure Trump can serve a third term.

The 22nd Amendment says that no person can be elected to the presidency more than twice. That includes the vice president, as both the president and the vice president are elected to office.

The Riverside County Sheriff's Department said it was investigating after masked men claiming to be FBI agents invaded a California home and detained a family in Jurupa Valley.

Ring doorbell camera video posted to social media last week shows three masked men claiming to have a search warrant before barging into the home.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is creating a different type of disruption in the town McCook, Nebraska, by making a deal with the Republican governor to take over a work camp and convert it into another undocumented immigrant holding facility.

That led to lawsuits filed by the town's residents.